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Forward Venture Capital vs Y Combinator

Forward Venture Capital lists 48 portfolio companies and has joined 5 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,150 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Forward Venture Capital comes in most often at Series A (50% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Known Medicine and Turion Space.

48Portfolio companies5,150
5Funding rounds joined3,388
0Rounds led2,960
1Rounds, last 12 months579
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Forward Venture Capital and Y Combinator, head to head
Forward Venture CapitalY Combinator
Portfolio companies485,150
Funding rounds joined53,388
Rounds led02,960
Rounds, last 12 months1579
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100Munder $1M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed25%98%
Series A50%1%
Series B25%0%
Growth0%1%

Forward Venture CapitalY Combinator

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Entry stages of Forward Venture Capital and Y Combinator, share of entries
Forward Venture CapitalY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed25%98%
Series A50%1%
Series B25%0%
Growth0%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning22%26%
Fintech13%13%
E-commerce & Marketplaces13%5%
Healthcare & Biotech8%11%
Enterprise Software6%10%
Media & Entertainment9%3%

Forward Venture CapitalY Combinator

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Themes of Forward Venture Capital and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
Forward Venture CapitalY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning22%26%
Fintech13%13%
E-commerce & Marketplaces13%5%
Healthcare & Biotech8%11%
Enterprise Software6%10%
Media & Entertainment9%3%

Companies both back

2

Shared companies are those both firms' own portfolio pages list, each checked against the company's site. The same comparison through the API is POST /v1/overlap, for up to 20 firms. How the data is graded

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GET /v1/firms/ycombinator.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/forwardvc.com/coinvestors
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